Dermoscopy and early diagnosis of melanoma: The light and the dark

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1641-1644

  Carli, P ^a   De Giorgi, V ^a   Giannotti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035661420     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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